The Multicenter Study of Epilepsy Surgery: Recruitment and Selection for Surgery

Summary:  Purpose: Multiple studies have examined predictors of seizure outcomes after epilepsy surgery. Most are single‐center series with limited sample size. Little information is available about the selection process for surgery and, in particular, the proportion of patients who ultimately have surgery and the characteristics that identify those who do versus those who do not. Such information is necessary for providing the epidemiologic and clinical context in which epilepsy surgery is currently performed in the United States and in other developed countries.

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